Inactive Tutor answered • 07/29/19
Answer Choice C is the correct answer because Lines 19-22 say, “Moths were shuddering round and round the lantern, though the old man was oblivious to them. He had come out because he had heard the throbbing of the engine in the distance.” These Lines tell us most clearly that the old man was standing on the verandah because he had the car, matching answer choice C which says that he came out because “he had heard what he believed to be the visitors’ car.” Answer Choice A is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t tell us he was looking for cars traveling down the road. Answer Choice B is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t show an exchange between the boys and the old man, and them telling him that the visitors would arrive soon. Answer Choice D is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t say that the old man enjoyed listening to the evening.
